Yaiba: Samurai Legend

Singer-songwriter Otoha released a music video for her upcoming sixth major CD single song "pineapple tart" on her official YouTube channel. The song is now featured as the ending theme for the spring 2025 TV anime YAIBA: Samurai Legend, which premiered in Japan on April 6.The video was directed by Ao Inoue, who collaborated with Otoha for the first time. The clip depicts Otoha playing acoustic guitar for the first time since her major label debut, with soft light.Otoha "pineapple tart" Music VideoYAIBA: Samurai Legend Creditless Ending VideoThe CD single of "pineapple tart" is set to release on May 28, 2025.

Yaiba: Samurai Legend gets brand new life with a new anime this spring! Today, the upcoming series has revealed both the title of its ending song and the artist bringing it to life.Singer/songwriter OTOHA will be in charge of the show's ending theme, titled "Pineapple Tart." OTOHA's previous work include theme song composition and performance for Shangri-La Frontier and Black Butler, as well as theme song composition for BOCCHI THE ROCK!"An encounter with something unknown that you've never experienced before can become a ray of light throughout your life," OTOHA says of the ending song's inspiration. "Pineapple Tart" aims to encompass the extraordinary making its way into everyday life.

Ahead of an April 5 broadcast debut, a brand-new trailer released today for Yaiba: Samurai Legend previews the comedy adventure anime's opening song, "BLADE" by BLUE ENCOUNT (My Hero Academia Season 4 OP), and highlights all the farce and force we'll be treated to from next month.A main visual and four additional cast members were also revealed.Yaiba: Samurai Legend Main TrailerYaiba: Samurai Legend Main Visual Yaiba: Samurai Legend's confirmed cast list is now as follows:Yaiba Kurogane voiced by Minami TakayamaSayaka Mine voiced by Manaka IwamiTakeshi Onimaru voiced by Yoshimasa HosoyaKenjuro Kurogane voiced by Katsuyuki KonishiMusashi Miyamoto voiced by Junichi SuwabeKagetora voiced by Isshin ChibaShonosuke voiced by Kosuke EchigoyaRaizo Mine voiced by Atsushi MiyauchiShizuka Mine voiced by Rina SatoFuji Mine voiced by Kimiko SaitoGerozaemon Geroda voiced by Takeharu OnishiMr.

Ahead of an April 5 broadcast debut, the official anime website and accounts for Yaiba: Samurai Legend today announced the casting of Isshin Chiba (Chiba in Case Closed) as Kagetora, continuing the voice actor overlap between author Gosho Aoyama's creations, and Kosuke Echigoya as Shonosuke.Kagetora / Isshin ChibaShonosuke / Kosuke EchigoyaBased on the Gosho Aoyama manga that ran from 1988 to 1993, Takahiro Hasui (Mob Psycho III) directs the Yaiba anime remake at WIT Studio, with series composition by Toko Machida (Kemono Michi: Rise Up), character designs and chief animation direction by Yoshimichi Kameda (Mob Psycho 100) and music by Yutaka Yamada (VINLAND SAGA) and Yoshiaki Dewa (Hell's Paradise).The official website's introduction section describes the story of Yaiba:The protagonist, Yaiba (Kurogane Yaiba), is a wild samurai boy who trains in the jungle with his father, Kenjuro!

The new Yaiba: Samurai Legend anime is based on the manga by Detective Conan / Case Closed author Gosho Aoyama, so it's only fitting that the two series broadcast side-by-side. A premiere date of April 5, 2025 was announced for the new anime, putting it in the 5:30 p.m. Saturday timeslot just ahead of Detective Conan's 6:00 p.m.

Yaiba: Samurai Legend, an upcoming TV anime based on the manga by Gosho Aoyama (Case Closed), has revealed a new teaser trailer (below) as well as two additional cast members. The series will broadcast in Japan on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV beginning in April 2025.The new cast members include:Kenjuro Kurogane voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi (Ashikaga Takauji in The Elusive Samurai)Kenjuro Kurogane and Katsuyuki KonishiMusashi Miyamoto voiced by Junichi Suwabe (Sian Lablac in Bye Bye, Earth)Musashi Miyamoto and Junichi SuwabeShogakukan serialized the original Yaiba manga from 1988 – 1993 in their Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, and the series was also previously adapted into a TV anime which broadcast in Japan from April 1993 – April 1994. Takahiro Hasui directs Yaiba: Samurai Legend at WIT Studio.